MLA Citation Style

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6^th edition

Follow these color codes:
Author(s)	Title of Book	Title of Article	Title of Periodical	Volume
Place of Publication	Publisher	Date published	Editor	Pages
Database	Date information was accessed	URL

Book

Gushee, Lawrence. Pioneers of Jazz: The Story of the Creole Band.

New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.

Book with an editor

Austen, Jane. Sense and Sensibility. Ed. Claudia Johnson. New York:

Norton, 2001.

Journal Article in Print Journal

Schwartz, Vanessa R. “Making Jazz French: Music and Modern Life

in Interwar Paris.” Journal of Modern History 77.4 (2005): 1119-

1121.

Online Article through a Database

Allen, Jeffrey Renard. “‘Distinguished Breakage’: The Jazz Poetry of

Sterling D. Plumpp. Arkansas Review 36.3 Dec. 2005: 198-202.

EBSCO. Union University, Summar Library. 27 Feb. 2006

<http://www.epnet.com/>.

Website

Jane Austen Information Page. Ed. Henry Churchyard. 6 Sept. 2000.

1 Mar. 2006 <http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/janeinfo.html>.

Further Information:

• Arrange the items on your reference list alphabetically by author, interfiling books, articles, etc.
• Double-space all lines.
• Indent the second and following lines 5 spaces (or one half inch).
• If no author is given, start with the title.
• Abbreviate the names of all months except May, June, and July.
• If the paging of a magazine or newspaper article is continued elsewhere in the issue, include only the first page followed by a plus sign (ex. 25+.).
• Websites: include the title of the web page; the name of the editor of the site (if given); the electronic publication information, including version number (if relevant and if not part of the title), date of electronic publication or of the latest update, and name of any sponsoring institution or organization; date of access and URL. If you cannot find some of this information, cite what is available. The MLA Handbook (6^th ed.) cites criteria for several types of websites, including course homepages, personal homepages, and online postings (pp. 207-235).